Pictoplasma is a massive animation and illustration festival that focuses mainly on character design and is hosted in both Berlin and New York, they hold talks from illustrators and animators from all around the globe. Every year on my animation course we get the chance to go to Berlin to see it and sometimes New york if you can afford it. Sadly though, i have not been able to afford Berlin or New York in the 3 years i have been here, which is very unfortunate as I would have loved to be able to go as i think the talks and events would be very helpful and i think i would learn a lot from the experience.
This year they held talks from some of the artists i have mentioned previously such as one of my favourite artists Jeff Soto and one of my more recent favourites BAKEA.
They also host a lot of workshops in which you get to design your own characters and models and also get to keep your creations once you are finished with it which i think is another really good thing about it as you could end up walking away with new skills or techniques learnt which can be useful for your own work in the future.
I really do hope to go to one of the Pictoplasma festivals one year.
Animex
Animex is a more local animation festival to me as it is hosted in Teeside, this is slightly similar to the Pictoplasma festival as it holds talks and workshops from a range of different animators, illustrators, designers and game designers.
It is really helpful to go to these festivals as you can get the opportunity to chat to successful animators etc. and if you are interested in working in the industry you could even hand them one and maybe they could get in touch with a few jobs for you or even hire you.
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